Fairfield Strategic Plan WESTBANK, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA Prepared For: Regional Planning Commission for Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, and Tangipahoa Parishes Jefferson Parish RPC Project H.010170JP DOTD Project No. H.010170 August 2015 Fairfield Strategic Plan Westbank, Jefferson Parish, LA Prepared By and Project Team Leads: Walter Brooks, Executive Director Meredith Soniat, Sustainability Planner and Project Manager New Orleans Regional Planning Commission 10 Veterans Memorial Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70124 P: 504-483-8500 Terri Wilkinson, Ph.D., AICP, Planning Director Jefferson Parish Government 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., Suite 601 Jefferson, LA 70123 P: 504-736-6320 Frank Liang, P.E., PTOE, Vice President Ross Liner, AICP, PTP, Senior Project Manager Digital Engineering 527 West Esplanade Avenue, Suite 200 Kenner, LA 70065 P: 504-468-6129 Michael Lauer, AICP, Principal Planning Works, LLC 8900 State Line Road, Suite 406 Leawood, Kansas 66206 P: 913-341-8800 Dana Nunez Brown, PLA, ASLA, AICP Dana Brown & Associates, Inc. 1836 Valence Street New Orleans, LA 70115 P: 504-345-2639 8/26/2015 Fairfield Strategic Plan Westbank, Jefferson Parish, LA Table of Contents Chapter 1: Plan Overview ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Description .................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Scope of Work ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Purpose .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Setting .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Process ..................................................................................................................................... 3 1.6 Fairfield Area Vision .........................................................................................................................................4 1.7 Plan Directives ......................................................................................................................... 5 1.8 Plan Success ............................................................................................................................. 5 Chapter 2: Context for Strategic Plan ............................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Land Use ................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1.1 Existing Land Uses ............................................................................................................................. 6 2.1.2 Comprehensive Plan Directives...................................................................................................... 6 2.1.3 Zoning Directives ............................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.4 Key Land Use Challenges ................................................................................................................. 9 2.1.5 Land Use Opportunities ....................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Mobility ......................................................................................................................................................................11 2.2.1 Existing Transportation Facilities ................................................................................................. 11 2.2.2 Transportation System Challenges .............................................................................................. 11 2.2.3 Transportation System Opportunities ........................................................................................ 12 2.3 Water and Wastewater Utilities ............................................................................................................... 13 2.3.1 Existing Utilities in the Planning Area ......................................................................................... 13 2.3.2 Existing Utility Systems and Challenges ......................................................................... 15 2.4 Stormwater & Open Space .......................................................................................................................... 15 2.4.1 Stormwater Overview ..................................................................................................... 15 2.4.2 Stormwater Opportunities .............................................................................................. 16 2.4.3 Consistency with ‘Envision Jefferson 2020’ ............................................................... 16 Chapter 3: Strategic Plan .................................................................................................................. 18 3.1 Land Use ..............................................................................................................................................................................18 3.1.1 Future Land Uses ............................................................................................................. 18 3.1.2 Future Land Use Map ...................................................................................................... 26 3.1.3 Comprehensive Plan Policy Refinements .............................................................................................................................. 30 8/26/2015 Fairfield Strategic Plan Westbank, Jefferson Parish, LA 3.1.4 Zoning Text Refinements ...............................................................................31 3.2 Transportation ..................................................................................................32 3.2.1 Arterial System Layout and Design .......................................................................... 32 3.3 Utilities ........................................................................................................................................ 42 3.3.1 Meeting Utility Capacity Needs .....................................................................................................................................................................42 3.3.2 Planning Area Utility Improvement Requirements ........................................................ 45 3.3.3 Funding Utility Improvements ............................................................................. 48 3.4 Stormwater Management .................................................................................................................................................................................. 48 3.4.1 Stormwater Goals ........................................................................................48 3.4.2 Existing Elevation & Drainage .............................................................................. 48 3.4.3 Stormwater Runoff & Storage Projections ..................................................................... 51 3.4.4 Stormwater Capital Cost Projections .............................................................................. 51 3.4.5 Stormwater Analysis .......................................................................................... 59 3.4.6 Stormwater Phasing .....................................................................................................................................59 Chapter 4: Plan Implementation Program....................................................................................... 60 Appendices Appendix A: Project Management Committee, Working Group, Area Stakeholders Appendix B: Fairfield Market Conditions and Development Assessment Appendix C: Executive Summary: Scenarios Analysis Appendix D: Meeting Records and Sign-In Sheets Appendix E: Future Land Use Category Descriptions Appendix F: Existing Zoning District Descriptions 8/26/2015 Fairfield Strategic Plan Westbank, Jefferson Parish, LA Exhibits Exhibit 1: Fairfield Strategic Planning Area ....................................................................................... 3 Exhibit 2: Existing Future Land Use Map ........................................................................................... 8 Exhibit 3: Existing Zoning Map ........................................................................................................... 9 Exhibit 4: Existing Utility Infrastructure ........................................................................................... 14 Exhibit 5: Fairfield Future Land Use Descriptions ........................................................................... 20 Exhibit 6: Future Land Use Assumptions ......................................................................................... 26 Exhibit 7: Future Land Use Categories, Zoning Districts, and Development Patterns ..................... 26 Exhibit 8: Future Land Use Map ...................................................................................................... 27 Exhibit 9: Projected Dwelling Units by Future Land Use Category ................................................